ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 290, 1 September 1920, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

TIGER ROSE. There is stirring incident in.plenty in the story of "Tiger Rose," tho drama which is being staged at the Grand Opera House by Messrs. J. and N. Tait. but the -outstanding feature of the production is the big storm scene in NorthWest Canana, which is.undoubtedly ono of the finest efforts ever produced on tho local stage. The capable company, headed by Miss Mario Ilka, makes tho most of the' opportunities presented, Miss Ilka giving a strong characterisation of the unconventional Canadian ffirl. She has excellent support from Mr. Ethan Allen and the other members .of the company. "Tiger Rose"' will be presented throughout tho week. KING'S~riEATKE. "A Romany Lass," a delightful etory of gypsy life, was screened before a large audience at the King's Theatre last evening. It is an all-British production, and most of the scenes are laid in tho Lowlands of Scotland. Tho suppotring pic-' ■hires include the arrival of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford in London on their honeymoon. Miss Bene Goyder, contraUo, gave an excellent rendering of ."In an Old Fashioned Town" and "Home Along," and the King's Grand Orchestra added greatly to the. pleasure of the evening. There will bo a full orchestral matinee to-day, "THE END OF THE ROAD." "The End of the Road," commencing at the King's Theatre on Friday next, is said to have for its purposß tho education of a flew generation to the evils and dangers that beset it. The film was produced for tho Health Authorities of the United States in connection with the general health campaign during tho late ■war. The story it unfolds is said to bo well told, and the moral it points brought home with crush,ing force. Richard Bennett, well remembered through his work in "Damaged Goods," will take the leading role, and Claire Adams, described as one of the most beautmu women on the screen, ie assisting nun. No children will be admitted at the public screenings. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. "The Bandbox," a film' version of Louis Joseph Vance's novel, with Doris Ivenyon as the «tar, has pleased all who have seen.it this week at Everybody s Theatre. '• There as a-subtle mystery theme throughout the plot, which 19 based upon the operations of pearl smugglers, and the strange complications which follow, as tho result of two similar bandboxes being dispatched to their ' wrong destinations. Tho mystery is held to the very closing scenes of the picturo. Mia? Kenyon's work is particularly attractive. ! The supports are all good films. EMPRESS THEATRE. "A Broadway Saint," now showing at the Empress Theatre, is written of a small country town,, where the residents harbour the idea that everyone who bails from tho city is necessarily wicked. Montague Love shows a new side of his clever work. He was accustomed to excitement in plenty in his city life, but not till he was brought up against the spiteful jealousies of the people of the country town did he realise what real excitement was. Good supports are also being shown. . ENGLISH PIERROTS. The English Pierrots will resume at the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall this evening, when the bright programme well commenced on Friday Inst will be repeated. • ELGAR CONCERT. The repeat concert to be given next Honday evening in the Town Hall by the Wellington Harmonic Society will consist of an entirely Elgar programme. Sir Edward Elgar is considered by many to be tho foremost living' composer, and the programme to 'be given.by the HarmonicSociety will include many of his most popular works. The choir, which confists of 50 picked voices, under the conductorship. of Mr. H. Temple White, is now well known to the public, and the success of the reoent Elgar concert' given by the society augurs well-for an equally successful performance ' next Monday. Such numbers as "The Challenge of Thor,'' "Go, Song of Mine," "Weary Wind of the West," "My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land," and "0 Happy Eyes, are calculated to test the capabilities of any body of singers, yet all these, and more, are included in the programme. Special mention should bo made of The Snow," for ladies' voices, with, accompaniment for two. violins and piano. In addition to the work of the society, Miss Mabelle Esquilant (contralto) will sing "Like to the Damask Rose and "Where Corals Lie"; Mr. Frank Oarlw, 'The Pipes of Pan"; and the Harmonic Quartet "After Many a Dusty Mile. The violinist for the evening Miss Laurie Anderson. Mr. Harold Whittle will be at tho piano. The box plan opens at the Bristol to-day at 9 o'clock, where Mats may be reserved without extra charge. The' proceeds of the concert are in aid of the funds of tho Y.M.C.A. "OUR REVEILLE." More than 233 performers are rehearsing daily for the production of Our Reveille," which will open at the Grand Opera House for. a! season of six night on September 8. There are 34 separate and distinct numbers, eighteen vocal 6olos, and more than 1000 electric globes used in one cabaret scene; Hie following is from the Christchurch Tr«=s "Every seat was booked for the fifteenth and final performance of ''Our Reveille. Besides the reserved seats, the taw circles and the boxes were packed to the utmost. Tho audience was, for Christchurch. unusually demonstrative, and the closing scene, w*hen from the stage and the auditorium the performere threw coloured streamers in every direction, was one of the brightest seen m the Theatre Royal." The. ballets, now rehearsing under the direction of Miss Estelle Beere, include: The Military, Black- and- White, Dutch, Spring, Rose, 1 and tho Beautiful Hying Ballet. The whole production will, it is claimed, come as a pleasant surprise to the Wellington public, and will, show what can bo done with talented amateurs under professional direction. Mr. Lints is the producer of "Our Reveille."

Miss Marie Tempest, the brilliant coi :- edy actress, and Mr, Graham Browne, have returned to Australia from the Bast, and are playing brief seasons in Melbourne and Sydney before leaving for England. The first rehearsal of "The Country Girl" by the Wellington Amateur Operatic Society was held in the society's room on Monday evening. Henceforth rehearsals will be held every Monday lllght. '